Animal Legal Defense Fund v. Food & Drug Administration

ELR Citation: 46 ELR 20073
No(s). 13-17131 (9th Cir. Apr 11, 2016)

The Ninth Circuit held that FDA properly withheld certain information concerning egg-production farms in Texas that was requested by an animal rights group under FOIA. FOIA Exemption 4 applies to “trade secrets and commercial or financial information obtained from a person and privileged or confid...